Water conducting downspout attachment



Aug. 11, H. L. FOX WATER CONDUCTING DOWN SPOU T ATTACHMENT Filed May 6, 1957 /4 52 Fig.

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Howard L. Fox

- INVENTOR.

United States Patent ce Patented Aujyitfiiif,

in place. Ordinarily, as shown, the elbow .14 is turned away from the building 10, but this is often insufiicient to prevent water from seeping down alongside the build- 2,898,939 ing foundation with subsequent undesirable effects, in-

WATER CONDUCTING DOWNSPOUT 5 eluding seepage through the wall or under the wall and ATT lIltQ the building.

Attachment 20 which is constructed in accordance with Howard Evallsdale, Iowa the invention is made of a commercially available plastic, suchas polystyrene, polyethylene or many others. It

Apphcahon May 1957 Sena! 657392 10 is within the purview of the invention to have attach- 6 Claims. (Cl. 138-465) ment 20 constructed of other materials, for example,

metal. In any case, the structure will be very similar to the illustrated plastic model. Attachment 20 has a bottom wall 22 which forms a floor over which to shed This inV nt n la an attachment a down" the water whichis discharged from downspout '12. The

Spout and IhOTe Partiehlafly to an attachment y Which bottom is essentially rectangular in planform and has the Water dlsehafged from h P 1S conducted a lower curved extremity 24 when viewed in longitudinal -Y from the edge of the bhlldlhg pp the dOWhsection. This is to enable the lower end of the attachspout in Order to P the seeping of rainwater through ment to fit rather flush against the sod, soil or other supthe Walls 01" beneath t f undati of a house of Other porting surface. Sides or side walls 26 and 28 rise from building. I the longitudinal edges of the bottom wall 22 and have An object of the invention is to provide animprovedh i f j b d 29 d 39 t th upper ezgtpernitics 9 the J P Q -Q house; eh E e y jhere fttog theriy ithss mila e nf reingbea a Han i i e h downthe 'l w see gesee ter e Elm fi'ai bt atnsel eform arab na t i lhe srqis hax f the h rmaree wp gee eiew nea reaiity w dilefeiv'fe 106i wh remote .ik fethe battomiwa mqd g lpe s,

qt a g t lb et z a t zmeatalsmwi a a-ap bza :atjthelt -;anii;:2& amen; b wm/ w Of the attachment 3.5.21 functions diand also to divert the ater down the inclined urface smoothly rect the water in the proper general direction when water of the bottom wall 21 Upper water shield 46 in the discharged from the downspout is being conducted at a f f a panel is attached to the upper edges of the high rate, as during afreshet. side walls 26 and 28 extending completely across the One of the important features of the invention is the Same i the region f h Water inlet 50 and then tapermanner of assembling the attachment on the end of the 40 ing outwardly to Zero where the Splash Shield 46 merges downspout. There are means at one end of the attachwith beads 30 and meht which ht ova the downspout together with Water inlet 50 is made of a collar 52 which registers Pegs, hails the like at the pp end Whlch with a hole 54 in wall 44. The collar is shaped to conpassed through holes provided in the attachment and 1nto form to the cross sectional Shape and size of the down the soil. Therefore, there is no critical adjustment, but spout elbow In addition, it is Within the eontempla yet the attachmhhh once apphed Cannot l but be tion of the invention to make the collar 52 quite flexible the Proper disposition with respect to h dlschal'ge end and to provide a strap or some other fastener of a like of the downspout other meahs t0 dram Off water from nature in connection with it so that it Will be adjustable the and of thh downspout of whlch I aware have no to suit various sized downspouts, thereby making my atcohhechoh with the downspout relylhg whohy Oh the tachment universally applicable to different diameters judgment of the laborer to install the same in the proper and configurations of downspouts position Moreover when the Prior Splash blocks are In assembling attachment 20, collar 52 is slipped over installed, it is possible that they may be moved and the end of the elbow Then the spikes 42v are driven thereby at least in part reducing the effectiveness thereof. through the holes 38 and 40 thereby automatically Pesh My attachment for the downspout overcomes these diffi- 55 honing the attachment The higher end of the attach culties automatically by the nature of the construction meht is Supported by the downspout While the lower end of the attachment rests on the ground, but is prevented from sliding in any other objects and features of .hhportahce h become direction by spikes 42. This very firmly and effectively apparent in following the description of the Illustrated applies the attachment so that it cannot be moved inad form of the invention. Vertenfly' Figure 1 is an elevahonal side View of h attachment It is understood that various changes may be made Showing Salne applied to a downspout m accordance without departing from the scope of the following claims. wlth the mvenuon; Having described the invention, what is claimed as Figure 2 is a top view of the attachment in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2 and on enlarged scale; and

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view on enlarged scale taken on the line 44 of Figure 2.

new is as follows:

1. An attachment for a building supported downspout, said attachment comprising a substantially flat bottom wall which forms a table over which water from the In the accompanying drawing there is a building 10 wnspout is adapted to be cqnf a plurality Of hi h h a downspout 12 ith th customary lb flow directing longitudinal r1bs rislng upwardly from the 14 at the lower extremity thereof. Strap 16 is shown as upper surface of said bottom wall, means for fastenmg one of numerous means for attaching the downspout 12 one end of said wall to said downspout in order to position said wall in registry with said, downspout'and to at least partially support said wall at an angle so that the water flows down said bottom wall, said means for attaching said wall to the downspout including a collar adapted to telescopically connect to the downspout, an. end wall rising from said bottom walland having a hole, said collar being attached to said end wall and in registry with said hole.

2. The attachment of claim 1 wherein said bottom wall has sides which rise therefrom at its edges and which are attached to said end wall, and a splash guard extending across part of said side walls and attached to said end wall.

3. An attachment for a building supported downspout, said attachment comprising a flat bottom wall which forms a table over which water from the downspout is adapted to be conducted, means at one end of said wall by which to accommodate anchors to fasten said wall in place, means at the opposite end of said wall for fastening said opposite end of said wall to said downspout in order to position said wall in registry with said downspout and to at least partially support said wall, said means for attaching said wall to the downspout including a collar, an end wall rising from said bottom wall and having a hole, said collar being attached to said end wall and in registry with said hole, and a splash guard attached to the upper edge of said end wall and superposed over a part of said bottom wall.

4. An attachment for a downspout to drain water therefrom, said attachment comprising a bottom wall having a water discharge end and a water inlet end, means for anchoring said water discharge end, means to support the water inlet end of said wall at a higher elevation than said discharge end, the improvement comprising a shield extending across said inlet end of said panel and spaced therefrom by which to prevent overflow of water from said bottom wall, and sides attached between said bottom wall and said shield, said means for supporting said inlet end at a higher elevation than said discharge end including a collar which is adapted to be secured to the downspout, an end wall extending between said sides, said shield and said bottom wall and having said collar attached thereto.

5. An attachment for a downspout to drain water therefrom, said attachment comprising a substantially fiat bottom wall having a water discharge end and a water inlet end, means for anchoring said water discharge end, means to support the water inlet end of said wall at a higher elevation than said discharge end, the improvement comprising an end wall attached to and rising upwardly from said inlet end and having an aperture, substantially flat side walls attached at approximately right angles to said end wall and said bottom wall, an upper panel covering the water inlet end of said bottom wall and attached to the upper edges of said side walls and end wall, said means for holding said bottom wall with said inlet and at a higher elevation than said discharge end comprising a collar registered with said aperture in said end wall and adapted to connect to the downspout,

'the discharge end of said bottom wall being upwardly curved slightly so that the discharge end of the attachment fits generally flush against its supporting surface.

6. The attachment of claim 5 wherein said means to anchor the discharge end of said bottom wall includes at least one spike passed through said botttom wall.

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